Garment bag



S. J. JOHNSON Aug. 7, 1928.

GARMENT BAG Filed Oct. 11, 1926 Patented Aug. 7, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J'. JOHNSON, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE SEINSHEIMER PAPER COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GARMENT BAG.

Application filed October 11, 1926. Serial No. 140,753.

This invention relates to garment sacks for use during storage of clothing, and is particularly directed to reinforcing and sealing means at the necessary service openings in the sack.

An object of the invention is to provide in a garment sack made up of paper or fibrous material, effective and inexpensive sealing means for closing the necessary serv- W ice openings in the sack after the clothing has been inserted therein and thereby rendering the sack moth and dirt proof.

Another object is the provision of a sack of this nature which is shaped at the upper or hanger containing end to substantially fit the hanger shape and which has a small aperture located centrally of the top and through which the hanger hook is adapted to extend so that the clothing on the hanger and the sack thereabout may be hung up by the extended hook, the aperture being reinforced and sealed by means of a strip of adhesive tape adapted to be drawn and pasted over the aperture and about thehook shank.

Other objects and certain advantages will be more fully set forth in the description of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which:

Figure 1 is a face View of the garment sack showing the hanger inserted therein and the sack in unsealed condition.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2, Figure 1, further detailing the sack.

Figure 3 is a view illustrating in detail the sealing and reinforcing means at the top of the sack and showing it in its sition after the clothing and hanger have een inserted in the sack,

Figure 4; is a View showing a form of sack in which the opening for the insertion of clothing is at the side of the sack.

Referring to the drawings the sack is generally indicated as at 1. Formation of the sack is achieved by folding a sheet of paper upon itself and overlapping and pasting the edges as at 2. The edges of the upper open end of the sack, at this stage, are turned down and pasted as at 3 so that the top inclines downwardly from a central point to each side of the sack, leaving anunlappedportion 4 centrally at the top of the sack and thus providing a small aperture. The inclito the weight of the sack itself.

nation of the top of the sack is designed to substantially correspond to the customary shape of a clothes hanger. The hanger in this case is indicated at 5, and the hook 6 thereof, when the hanger is in position within the sack, extends through the aperture at the top of the sack.

The purpose of this arrangement of the hanger in the sack is to permit the sack containing the hanger and clothing thereon to be hung during storage by the hook of the hanger. In a paper or fibrous sack of this sort there would be a tendency for the sack material to tear about the aperture and there would also be an opening about the hanger hook allowing the entrance of dirt and moths. For these reasons reinforcing and sealing means are provided at this point. A strip 7 of adhesive .tape or a sticker is pasted to the rear of the sack adjacent the aperture. A loose portion 8 of the strip is split and adapted to be drawn down to straddle the hook shank and to be pasted at the face of the sack as shown in Figure 3. This tape maybe of cloth or any tough material such as would resist an wear or tendency for the aperture to be enl itrged due Because of the inclination at the top of the sack, the split portions of the tape tend to overlap when turned down on the face of the sack and thus provide a sealing fit about the hook shank. At the same time the weight of the sack itself is greatly taken up by the tape. The clothing and the hanger are inserted through the open base end of the sack. A strip of adhesive tape 9 is secured along the margin of the base edge of the sack and has the loose portion 10 thereof adapted to be folded over and pasted to the opposite side of the sack after the insertion of the clothing. The opening for the introduction of clothing into the sack may be at the side of the sackas indicated at 11 in Figure 4 with the sealing accomplished in the same manner as at the base. the sack is made may be treated with cedar oil as a further precaution against moths.

Having described my invention, I claim:

A garment container formed from a tube, said tube having its upper and lower ends The material of which i folded for closing the tube, the fold at the I and secured to the face of the container, said portions overlapping across the face of the container due to the folding thereof over the 10 inclined upper edges of the container.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name.

SAMUEL J. JOHNSON. 

